Club Records
Top 20 Record Appearances: 1) Allan Ball – 731 (819 in total including challenges, friendlies and testimonials) between 1963 and 1982. 2) Ian McChesney – 615. 3) Jim Patterson – 462. 4) Jackie Oakes – 457. 5) Dougie Sharpe – 431. 6) Jim Kerr – 403. 7) Jimmy Robertson – 400. 8) Roy Henderson – 381. 9) Willie Savage – 369. 10) Alan Davidson – 364. 11) Jim Thomson – 358. 12) Jocky Dempster – 355. 13) Bobby Black – 346. 14) Nobby Clark – 340. 15) Andy Aitken – 337. 16) George Cloy – 334. 17) Lex Law – 332. 18) Crawford Boyd – 321. 19) Tommy Bryce Mark II – 297. 20) Jimmy Binning – 288.
Longest serving player: Iain McChesney – 1960 to 1981 (615 appearances and scored 79 goals)
Top 20 Record Scorers: 1) Jim Patterson – 251 goals, including 11 hat-tricks, in 462 appearances between 1949 and 1963. 2) Bobby Black – 120. 3) Andy Thomson – 114. 4) Jocky Dempster – 98. 5) Tommy Bryce Mark II – 95. 6) Stevie Mallan – 94. 7) Tommy McCall – 93. 8) Ian Reid – 89. 9) Jimmy Robertson – 89. 10) Jackie Oakes – 81. 11) Ian McChesney – 79. 12) Rowan Alexander – 78. 13) Billy Houliston – 74. 14) Jackie Law, Sr – 71. 15) John O'Neill – 70. 16) Lex Law – 68. 17) Jimmy Rutherford – 66. 18) Willie Dougan – 65. 19) Kenny Dick – 64. 20) Tommy Bryce Mark I – 64.
Record league scorer in a season: Alexander "Jimmy" Gray – 37 goals in season 1927–28
Record scorer (all competitions) in a Season: Jimmy Rutherford – 41 goals in season 1931–32
Record victory: 11–1 versus Stranraer; Scottish Cup; 16 January 1932.
Record defeat: 2–10 versus Dundee at Dens Park; Scottish First Division; 1 December 1962. Queens played for 78 minutes with 10 men after goalkeeper George Farm was injured in the 12th minute and was carried off. Dundee's Alan Gilzean scored 7 that day. Dundee were reigning Scottish League Champions at the time and would make the European Cup semi-finals that season where they lost to eventual winners AC Milan.
Record home attendance: 26,552 versus Heart of Midlothian; Scottish Cup 3rd Round; 23 February 1952; Queens 1 Hearts 3
Record home league attendance: 21,142 versus Rangers; 6 October 1962; Queens 0 Rangers 4.
Record attendance (any venue): 58,975; 5 April 1950; Hampden; Scottish Cup semi-final replay 3–0 defeat to Rangers; 52,924 watched the 1–1 draw versus Rangers 4 days earlier at Hampden.
Most league points (2 points for a win system): 55; Scottish Division 2; 1985–86
Most league points (3 points for a win system): 67; Scottish Division 2; 2001–02
Most capped player: Billy Houliston (3 caps; 1948–49 season; 3–2 v Northern Ireland at Hampden (scoring 2 goals on his debut in 30 & 89 minutes), 3–1 v England at Wembley and 2–0 v France at Hampden.
First Queens players to earn four senior Scottish football medals while playing for the club – Jim Thomson and Andy Aitken (winners of the 2001–02 Second Division and 2002–03 Scottish Challenge Cup; runners up in the 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup and 2007–08 Scottish Cup).
Record transfer fee received: Andy Thomson; £250,000 to Southend United; 1994
Fastest hat trick: Tommy Bryce Mark II; 1 min 46 seconds Guinness World Records in the 6–0 win versus Arbroath on 18 December 1993. Bryce's hat trick was recorded in 8, 9 & 10 minutes and he also scored a 4th goal in the match.
Longest distance goal by an outfield player: Ryan McCann – 84 yards (77 m) in the Scottish Cup Quarter Final 2–0 win versus Dundee on 8 March 2008.
First player to collect a complete set of all four senior Scottish football winners medals: Andy Goram when he played in the 2002–03 Scottish Challenge Cup final 2–0 win for Queens against Brechin City to add to his medals haul gathered elsewhere.
First ever Scottish League Match under floodlights: Rangers versus Queen of the South, Ibrox Park, 7 March 1956.
Highest free standing floodlights in Scottish football: Queens floodlights were first used on 29 October 1958 and at 85 feet (26 m) high they are the tallest in Scotland. To mark the occasion Preston North End sent a team north for a friendly match.
Highest terrace in Scottish football: Following the trend towards all seater stadiums the height differential between the lowest and highest step on the Portland Drive terrace makes this now the highest remaining terrace in Scottish football.
Oldest player to play for the club: Ally MacLeod versus St. Mirren in the Reserve League West in April 1992. With Queens short of players the then manager named himself as a trialist and played the whole 90 minutes. During the second half Queens were awarded a penalty and the ex-Scotland manager converted the kick. The final score was 7–1 to St. Mirren and MacLeod received a standing ovation from the small crowd at the end of the game. He was 61 years old at the time.
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